Libros de GRAN BRETAÑA: ARQUITECTURA Y ARTE

NICHOLSON: WINIFRED NICHOLSON

Luminosity, open space and quick movements characterize Winifred Nicholson's paintings. Flowers on windowsills are a favorite subject, not only for their intrinsic beauty, or ...

ENGLISH GARDEN, THE

Garden design in England was entirely reinvented during the eighteenth century. The strictly symmetrical gardens of French Baroque wre replaced by artificial landscapes which ...

LIVED IN LONDON. BLUE PLAQUES AND THE STORIES BEHIND THEM

Described by Disraeli as 'a roost for every bird,' London has been home to figures as varied as Winston Churchill, Virginia Woolf, Mahatma Gandhi, ...

BRUNEL: ISAMBARD KINGDOM BRUNEL.LIFELINES 1

Isambard Kingdom Brunel achieved what lesser men failed even to contemplate. The famous sone of a famous father, he was acknowledged in his own ...

EDINBURGH OLD TOWN. THE FORGOTTEN NATURE OF AN URBAN FORM

HIDCOTE. THE MAKING OF A GARDEN

This is an enlarged edition of the standard reference book, originally published in 1989. It is the major study of Hidcote, the world famous ...

BUILT FOR BRITAIN. FROM BRIDGES TO BEACH HUTS

A captivating picture book for architects, engineers, and a general audience, Built for Britain features over 100 British buildings in a stylish square format. ...

BRICK AND CLAY UILDING IN BRITAIN

Brick and Clay Building in Britain" has been widely praised both for its clear and well-balanced text and for the quality of the illustrations. ...

MAWSON: THOMAS MAWSON. LIFE, GARDENS AND LANDSCAPES

Thomas Haytor Mawson (1881-1933) began designing gardens in the 1890s. He forged his distinctive style - solid formality round the house with foreground terraces ...

URBAN REGENERATION IN THE UK

Urban Regeneration in the UK blends the approaches taken by central government programmes and cities themselves in the regeneration process. The latest ideas and ...

BRITAIN S NEW TOWNS. PAST AND FUTUE. FROM INDUSTRIAL SPRAWL TO SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES

The New Towns Programme of 1946 to 1970 was one of the most substantial periods of urban development in Britain. The New Towns have ...

LIVERPOOL ONE. REMAKING A CITY CENTRE

A compelling account of the revitalization of Liverpool's city center, this book focuses on the design, planning and development of a whole new quarter ...

ARAD: RON ARAD NO DISCIPLINE

Even among the most influential designers of our time, Ron Arad stands out for the versatile nature of his work and his daredevil use ...

POCKET GUIDE TO ENGLISH ARCHITECTURE, THE

GUMUCHDJIAN: GUMUCHDJIAN ARCHITECTS. SELECTED WORKS

This is the first book to be published on the leading London architecture firm Gumuchdjian Architects whose widely published first project the Think Tank ...

PROCTOR AND MATTHEWS ARCHITECTS: PATTERN PLACE PURPOSE.

In their 20 years of architectural practice, Proctor and Matthews Architects have developed a reputation for being at the centre of Britain's urban regeneration ...

HUMAN CITY: KING'S CROSS

This book documents the third collaborative developer/architect studio at the Yale School of Architecture. Roger Madelin of Argent LPC with Demetri Porphyrios, one of ...

PERSPECTIVES DE VIE A LONDRES ET A TOKYO

Un changement fondamental est en train de s'opérer au sein de la société : pour la première fois, la moitié de la population mondiale ...

CONSTABLE PORTRAITS. THE PAINTER & HIS CIRCLE

'I've always thought that it was completely loopy for people to go on about portrait painters, English portrait painters, and not to have Constable ...

ENGLISH PLEASURE GARDEN 1660-1860, THE

This book tells the story of the pleasure gardens, explaining their beginnings in the seventeenth century, their rising social importance, the variety of entertainment ...